chapter 13
One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that the
Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authoritarian.
Why was the 1824 presidential election unique?
John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives.
which political theory postulates that the union is a compact among the states and that state has the right to override a federal law?
Nullification
The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 campaign slogan was
William Harrison
Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because
antislavery groups in the United states opposed the expansion of slavery
After 1837, which political party became the anti-bank, hard-money party?
democrats
The purpose of the Indian Removal act of 1830 was to
facilitate white settlement on Indian lands
The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was
forced removal
The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by
forcing the election into the House of Representatives
William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was
made to look like a poor western farmer
Andrew Jackson"s inaugurations as president symbolized the
newly won ascendancy of the masses
The house of representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when
no candidate received a majority of the vote in the electoral college
The battle of the Alamo
provided a rallying point for Texans in their struggles against Mexico
In the 1820s and 1830s, the public's attitude regarding political parties
reflected growing acceptance of the wild contentiousness of political life
In an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the Cherokees did all of the following except
refuse to own slaves
In his "war" on the Bank of the United States, President Jackson
removed federal deposits from the Bank of the United Sates and deposited them in state banks
John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition was an argument for
state's rights
The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the tariff of 1828 were
supporters of Henry clay's american system
Andrew Jackson's democratic political philosophy was based on his
suspicion of the federal government
The panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following except
taking the country off the gold standard
The section of the United States most hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was
the South
Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States except that
the bank was beholden to British financial interests
Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States on
the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional
what did the presidential election of 1828 demonstrate?
the new political parties were strongly sectional in their sources of strength
Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from
the south and southwest
The purpose behind the spoils system was
to reward political supporters with public office
Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because
whites wanted the Indian's lands
The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was
Henry Clay
Who led the Texas army that defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto?
Sam Houston
Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of
San Jacinto
what was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification crisis?
South Carolina argued that a state had the right to override a federally-enacted tariff.
in 1838, why did thousands of Cherokees move from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma?
They were pawns in diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Spain.
Which party was the main opposition to Andrew Jackson during his second term in office?
Whig party
Innovations in the election of 1832 included
adoption of written party platforms
Americans moved into Texas
after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin
In their treatment of Native Americans, white Americans did all of the following except
argue that Indians could not be assimilated into the larger society
The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to
be socially and geographically diverse
The new two-party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s
became an important part of the nation's checks and balances
One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was its
being a source of credit and stability, promoting the nation's expanding economy
The south Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832
declared the existing tariff null and void in South Carolina
The cement that held the Whig party together in its formative days was
hatred of Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams' weaknesses as president included all of the following except
his encouragement of his supporters to "sling mud" at Jackson
One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the 1832 election was
his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter
The so-called Era of good feelings was never entirely tranquil, but even the illusion of national consensus was shattered by the
panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Which section of the country tended to oppose tariffs?
south
The nullification crisis of 1832-1833 erupted over
tariff policy
John Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest
the "Tariff of abominations"
Which of the following is not true of the Cherokee Indians?
they supported the movement of Indians out of the South
Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because
this same power could be used to suppress slavery
One of the reasons why Andrew Jackson vetoed the rechartering of the Bank of the United states was that it
was a private monopoly run by a privileged few
As president, John Quincy Adams
was one of the least successful presidents in American history
While in existence, the second Bank of the United States
was the depository of the funds of the national government